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Table 4 Trends in Utilisation and Inequality in the Use of Antenatal care and Modern Contraception

From: Trends in utilisation and inequality in the use of reproductive health services in Sub-Saharan Africa

Country

8+ Antenatal Visit

Use of Modern Contraception for Women in Union

Yes

Quantile

Concentration Index

Yes

Quantile

Concentration Index

%

1 & 2

4 & 5

Rank

CI

p-value

%

1 & 2

4 & 5

Rank

CI

p-value

Angola

6.23

26.31

48.09

13

0.3382

0.000

8.86

9.55

73.25

30

0.5002

0.000

Benin

10.23

17.04

68.72

20

0.4577

0.000

7.37

28.80

49.14

18

0.1984

0.000

Burkina-Faso

0.31

3.13

87.50

29

0.7484

0.000

15.48

19.83

66.38

23

0.3360

0.000

Burundi

0.41

15.00

80.00

25

0.5117

0.000

18.42

27.25

55.83

14

0.1189

0.000

Cameroun

7.81

13.85

69.60

19

0.4431

0.000

14.20

15.87

64.44

25

0.3527

0.000

Chad

0.90

24.49

66.33

17

0.3773

0.000

3.03

24.81

58.97

21

0.2591

0.000

CIV

3.12

13.69

76.78

27

0.6033

0.000

11.41

31.93

49.46

20

0.2241

0.000

Comoros

13.53

28.21

49.57

6

0.1903

0.000

13.55

30.50

50.45

7

0.0674

0.012

Congo

3.44

44.34

43.43

14

0.3413

0.000

16.12

50.00

33.82

17

0.1862

0.000

DRC

2.59

47.42

36.08

1

0.0371

0.175

6.35

23.16

62.79

24

0.3438

0.000

Ethiopia

3.55

11.77

84.31

28

0.6166

0.000

29.38

44.85

41.32

15

0.1526

0.000

Gabon

6.77

36.10

46.20

12

0.3036

0.000

15.56

48.58

32.21

10

0.0893

0.000

Gambia

4.74

40.00

43.92

7

0.2067

0.000

7.49

29.40

55.90

22

0.2760

0.000

Ghana

28.84

32.23

47.16

10

0.2531

0.000

22.51

48.69

30.94

2

−0.0254

0.082

Guinea

8.86

17.01

69.85

18

0.4417

0.000

3.35

18.06

66.96

26

0.3551

0.000

Kenya

2.71

23.02

62.63

23

0.4902

0.000

47.18

33.46

43.77

9

0.0888

0.000

Lesotho

11.80

26.98

53.62

11

0.2999

0.000

59.27

35.20

44.93

5

0.0487

0.000

Liberia

21.92

50.63

27.84

4

0.1334

0.000

18.62

50.45

25.32

11

0.1096

0.000

Malawi

1.40

40.11

39.58

2

0.0749

0.121

57.89

35.10

45.06

1

0.0215

0.000

Mali

4.98

16.31

70.70

15

0.3548

0.000

10.46

15.21

74.51

27

0.3948

0.000

Namibia

25.91

29.26

49.75

5

0.1728

0.000

55.44

30.93

48.40

8

0.0691

0.000

Niger

0.20

6.67

53.33

8

0.2163

0.037

10.28

11.15

79.55

28

0.4234

0.000

Nigeria

25.78

12.06

69.28

21

0.4728

0.000

9.47

10.22

71.93

29

0.4793

0.000

Rwanda

0.07

0.00

100.00

30

0.9193

0.000

47.45

37.11

42.95

3

0.0258

0.000

Senegal

0.77

42.85

44.76

16

0.3730

0.000

19.31

40.99

33.94

16

0.1720

0.000

Sierra-Leone

42.73

36.32

45.21

3

0.0818

0.000

15.09

27.92

56.75

19

0.2109

0.000

Tanzania

0.91

14.06

75.00

26

0.5245

0.000

29.00

28.97

50.66

12

0.1097

0.000

Togo

2.72

22.05

70.59

22

0.4856

0.000

17.23

44.43

37.40

6

0.0591

0.000

Zambia

0.86

22.50

58.75

24

0.4998

0.000

43.10

31.67

45.40

13

0.1186

0.000

Zimbabwe

12.34

22.01

64.54

9

0.2441

0.000

66.12

31.30

53.58

4

0.0373

0.000

West Africa

9.76

16.50

65.97

 

0.5865

0.000

13.08

27.93

53.83

 

0.2404

0.000

East & Central Africa

3.22

20.18

66.07

 

0.5520

0.000

27.73

31.71

47.70

 

0.2108

0.000

Southern Africa

5.96

27.48

54.20

 

0.4144

0.000

55.39

33.37

46.99

 

0.0686

0.000

Sub-Saharan Africa

7.07

18.80

64.06

 

0.5475

0.000

25.62

31.42

48.97

 

0.1067

0.000

  1. Source: Author’s calculation based on DHS data